Big news from the South Florida Water Management District: “Everglades Agricultural Area Reservoir Project”.

“A Timeline Toward More Water Storage
South of Lake Okeechobee”

To read the entire “Project Overview”
use this link.

• May 9, 2017 — Completed.
• July 1, 2017 — Completed.
• July 31, 2017 — Completed.
• August 31, 2017 — Pending.
• January 9, 2018 — Status Report to Legislature.
• October 1, 2018 — Submit Post-Authorization Change Report (PACR) to Congress.

December 31, 2019 — Congress must approve the PACR, thereby authorizing the Everglades Agricultural Area (EAA) Reservoir Project to be cost-shared 50/50 between the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the South Florida Water Management District. Otherwise, SFWMD must request the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to initiate the project implementation report for the EAA Reservoir Project.

Now to another topic:

The Herbert Hoover Dike.

Hopefully by New Years Day in 2020 there will be very good news from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Congress. The work to strengthen and fortify the Herbert Hoover Dike surrounding Lake Okeechobee will be well on its way to completion.

And if you think your voice doesn’t count? Think again.

To learn more about the Herbert Hoover Dike use this link. For the nightmare scenario in South Florida — not for the faint of heart — use this link to read “The Day the Dike Breaks” by reporter
Dan Reynolds.